Bank lending-deposit spread in Norway
Norway: Bank lending-deposit spread was 2.1 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Bank lending-deposit spread in Norway, 2013–2020
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Analysis
Norway recorded 2.1 for bank lending-deposit spread in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Norway ranks 110th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.23 | 2.14 | 2.31 | 7 |
| 2020s | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Norway
- 107 Belarus 2.42 compare
- 108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.28 compare
- 109 Bangladesh 2.23 compare
- 111 Malaysia 1.99 compare
- 112 Vanuatu 1.88 compare
- 113 South Korea 1.64 compare
More financial sector data for Norway
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 105.9% (2024)
- Total reserves in months of imports 4.37 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 6.02 trillion current LCU (2024)
- Net foreign assets -717.63 billion current LCU (2024)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 106.0% (2024)
- Broad money 59.3% (2024)
- Claims on central government, etc. -15.0% (2024)
- Domestic credit to private sector 124.4% (2024)
- Official exchange rate 10.4 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 29,798 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank lending-deposit spread in Norway?
- Bank lending-deposit spread in Norway was 2.1 in 2020, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank lending-deposit spread recorded in Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 2.31 in 2016.
- What is the lowest bank lending-deposit spread recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 in 2020.
- How does Norway rank for bank lending-deposit spread?
- Norway ranks 110th out of 124 countries with data for 2020.
- Is bank lending-deposit spread rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Norway data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank lending-deposit spread. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Difference between lending rate and deposit rate. Lending rate is the rate charged by banks on loans to the private sector and deposit interest rate is the rate offered by commercial banks on three-month deposits. IFS line 60P - line 60L.